From: zimmerma@ucrengr.ucr.edu (Christopher Robin Zimmerman)
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Subject: WWF Monday Night RAW - 12/7/93
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Date: 13 Jul 93 06:01:52 GMT
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Look! I made my deadline!
WWF Monday Night RAW, shown 12.7.93 (but taped 5.7) from the Manhattan
Center and broadcast on the USA Network.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, the Macho Man Randy Savage and Bobby the Brain
Heenan, who provide all commentary.
Crush v. Yokozuna for the WWF Championship - Yokozuna's not being too kind
to the flower girls anymore. Perhaps he's angry that he had to come out
first, no, he's angry from being slammed by Lex Luger. Vince: "Can Crush
do the job?" Crowd: "USA...USA..." Lockup, Crush pushed away. Lockup,
'Zima pushed away. Crush with lots of punches, 'Zima counters with
bodyslam. Crush makes the champ miss, then puts a boot to the head.
Yokozuna falls out of the ring. Lockup...ten minutes later, shoulderblock
attempt by Crush, no one moves. Second shoulderblock, no one moves. The
third time Crush tries, 'Zima puts up an elbow. Crush responds with a
flurry, but ends up elbowing the cornerpost. The champ takes Crush down,
and keeps him there with general pounding and shots to the throat, both with
his hand, and with the ropes. Crush is thrown out, dragged back in. Knife
edge chop. Yokozuna slaps on a nerve pinch as we take an ad break. When we
come back, Crush is moving around again, but ends up in the same hold (some
progress). Luckily, the "USA" chant starts up again, and just in time for
Crush to stand up. Yokozuna, with repeated chops, flattens the big Hawaiian
once again. Finally, 'Zima attempts the banzai zplash, but Crush moves out.
Crush takes the momentum and down goes the champ. Crush with flying
clothesline from the top. Only 2. Crush keeps hammering, but makes the
mistake of climbing the one corner that Mr. Fuji is standing near. Somehow,
the Japanese flag strikes Crush in the back, and he falls to the floor.
'Zima exits and zlams Crush. Taken back into the ring, the champ hits a
belly-to-belly zuplex, and then a legdrop to the face. Crush gets dragged
to the corner, and the big buttdrop isn't far behind (get it? get it?). 1,
2, 3, no matter how hard the crowd chants "USA," Crush ain't gettin' up from
*that*. 'Zima goes up and drops the butt a second time. He goes up a third
time, and...hits another butt drop (haha, bet you thought Crush was going
somewhere). Despite the repeated protests by referee "Blind" Joey Morella,
Yokozuna shows no signs of stopping. And who comes out to make the save?
Tatanka. One chop from the champ and the Indian is history. Buttdrop #4.
Out come jobbers Maggs, Riggins, and Apollo. Chop, chop, chop. Three
jobbers down. There's no saving the big Hawaiian...no, wait! Apparently
violating some sort of Tunney edict, Savage goes into the ring and drags
Crush away. While Savage fends off the Japanese superstar with a chair, the
stretcher boys take Crush away. The host of WWF officials arrive, much too
late. The damage is done.
It's funny, but between this and last weekend's Superstars match with Doink,
I *still* haven't seen Crush get enough beatings yet...
When we come back, the stretcher is being rolled away. Heenan blames
Yokozuna's newfound agrezzivenezz on Lex Luger. Says Heenan, "Yokozuna is
dangerous with a capital Z!" Hmmm...
The Headshrinkers v. Aaron Ferguson and P.J. Walker - Nice "Afa" chant by
the crowd. After knocking Ferguson unconscious, the Samoans roll him over
to Walker, who also gets knocked unconscious. Funny part: Walker tries to
tag in his unconscious partner.
Next week: Jannetty/Michaels for the intercontinental title. Nice ad, like
those recent syndie match hypes.
Tatanka v. The Brooklyn Brawler - No, wait...
Promos: ICOPRO (Luger), GI Joe, Slim Jim (Savage)
Hey, remember that exciting Tatanker/Brawler matchup on Superstars back in
September 1992? Well, mull that one over while Savage returns to give us
news of Crush: It's not too good. Heenan tries to shift the discussion to
the man whose fault all of this is: Luger. Savage replies with "Don't
switch the heat! Don't switch the heat!" We get a quick score recap:
Hacksaw Jim Duggan, 3 buttdrops; Crush, 4 buttdrops. Meanwhile, Brawler's
been doing fairly well. He removes his shirt and chokes Tatanka with it.
Vince can't believe referee "Blind" Dave Hebner doesn't DQ him right then
and there. Brawler gets 2 count. Brawler does a pretty funny Tatanka
impression. Jack Tunney's presidency is criticized, and probably not for
the first time... Anyway, Brawler makes the cardinal mistake of slamming
Tatanka's head into the cornerpost. Anyone who'd have done his homework
would've known that that particular move only makes the Native American get
angry and war dance...
Mark interviews from before the show...everyone and his uncle thinks good
ol' buddy pal true American hero Lex Luger should get a title shot.
Mr. Hughes v. Tony DeVito - Before the matchup begins, someone delivers a
black wreath to ringside. After a throat slam for the victory, Hughes reads
the enclosed card: "Rest in Peace...From the Undertaker." After an
appropriate pause, Hughes goes "WHAT?" and proceeds to demolish the wreath.
"Undertaker, you want me, you know where to find me..."
Mean Gene Okerlund with YOUR SummerSlam Report. Only announced match: Bret
Hart vs. Jerry Lawler, royalty on the line. This weekend on the syndies,
Luger makes a special announcement.
M.O.M. video. This particular piece won the prestigious "Most Effective Use
Of A Blue Screen And Ghetto Footage" Award at Cannes. Surprisingly, it did
NOT win any soundtrack awards.
Adam Bomb v. Scott Amati - See ya.
Promos: WWF Figures, Jurassic Park Actio Figures, Alien3 game carts
Next week: 1-2-3 Kid in action, M.O.M. debut, Kings' Court with Tiny Tim
(guess he's coming in as a heel), and the intercontinental matchup:
Jannetty/Michaels III. This show will be "live."
We close with a closeup of the average WWF fan, holding up a sign which
reads "Real Awsome Wrestling". I leave it to you to figure out why he's the
average WWF fan. Hint: I did not make any typos this paragraph.
Christopher Robin Zimmerman, that RAW guy
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Now, time for me to read all those other RAW summaries...(smiley)